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Trials.- Some Particulars of the Conduct and of the Execution of [Thomas] Savidge and others, Nottingham, [1817] § Copious Report (A) of the Trial of Thomas Dewey, for the Wilful Murder of Maria Austin..., Nottingham, [1825] § Trial (The) of John Jones, alias Saml. Moore, for the Murder of Mary Hallam, at Mansfield..., Nottingham, 1842 § Tryal (The) and Condemnation of Arundel Coke alias Cooke Esq.; and of John Woodburne Labourer, for Felony, in Slitting the Nose of Edward Crisp Gent..., half-title, ex-library copy with stamps to endpapers, later cloth-backed boards, John Darby, 1723 § Trial (The) of William Lord Byron, Baron Byron of Rochdale, for the Murder of William Chaworth, Esq., some stains, title chipped and repaired at edges, later half calf, rebacked, for Samuel Billingsley, 1765 § Authentick Account (An) of the Life of Mr.Charles Drew, late of Long Melford...Suffolk, who was tried and convicted...for the Murder of his Father, Mr. Charle John Drew, old wrappers titled in manuscript, J.Applebee, 1740 § Confessions of Joseph Dale (The), who was Executed at Chester...for the Murder of Mr.Wood, stitched, Chester, [c.1824] § Trial (The) of Edward Gibbon Wakefield, William Wakefield, and Frances Wakefield...for a Conspiracy, and for the Abduction of Miss Ellen Turner, first edition, half-title (small tears repaired), with Appendix at end, original boards, uncut, rebacked, [Ferguson 1159], 1827, the first two ex-library copies with stamp to titles, unbound, some a little soiled; and a bundle of others, trials etc., v.s. (c.20)

⁂ The last item is an account of one of the most celebrated English criminal trials of the 19th century. The Shrigley abduction was a case of forced marriage by Edward Gibbon Wakefield to the 15 year old heiress Ellen Turner of Pott Shrigley, Cheshire. They were married in Gretna Green and reached Calais before her father was able to notify the police. The marriage was anulled by Parliament and Gibbon and his brother William were sentenced to three years each. After his release Edward Wakefield became involved in prison reform. He later had roles in the development of South Australia, New Zealand and Canada.

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